External Settings
basehead allows storing your settings, licenses, presets, databases and backups on external drives. This makes it easier to use the same configuration across different computers you work on and do quick backups.
Note: Before turning on ‘Use External Settings’ you need to ‘Clone’ them and once and once engaged, you will see the Settings locations changed and combined into one path on an external drive as shown below.
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Key Features:
– Store settings on removable drives or external storage
– Automatic detection of external settings when drives are connected
– Safe handling of drive disconnection
– Easy migration tool to ‘Clone’ your current settings
How to Use:
1. Go to Options/General and find the “Use External Settings” toggle switch
2. To set up for the first time:
– Connect your external drive and
– Select a destination drive (system drives and cloud storage are not supported)
– Click the “Clone” button and wait for the cloning process to complete
– Choose whether to switch to the external settings immediately
Important Notes:
– Switching between local and external settings requires a restart of basehead
– Your settings are stored in a folder named “basehead.settings” on the external drive
– The default ‘Transfers’ folder is excluded when cloning settings as that is independent
– A backup of your settings is automatically created when cloning
– If an external drive is disconnected at launch, basehead automatically falls back to local settings
Safety Features:
– System drives are prevented to use for ‘Cloning’ as a bit pointless…hehe
– Cloud storage drives (Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.) should not be used
– External Settings integrity is verified before use
Best Practices:
– Use dedicated external drives rather than network locations
– Keep your external drive connected while using basehead
– you can also use the ‘Clone’ feature to periodically create a backup